Deadpool’s whole deal is showing up where he’s not supposed to be, when he’s not supposed to be there, and loudly announcing himself like a car alarm in a library. So of course Deadpool: Samurai Vol. 3 is “supposed” to hit stores Tuesday, September 9… and yet copies are already materializing in the wild like fourth-wall-breaking gremlins. Case in point: I grabbed one at a local Barnes & Noble this past past weekend on Sunday, September 7.
Meanwhile, online listings are still treating it like a pre-order—VIZ has the page up with the date and a free preview, and retailers like B&N and Amazon are tagging it for 9/9. So if you want it early, check your local shelves; the internet is fashionably late to its own party.
Here’s your spoiler-free refresher course before you slice into Volume 3: Vol. 1 is Deadpool dropped into Tokyo and deputized into the Avengers’ Samurai Squad, where he proceeds to team up, wisecrack, and cause international incidents with alarming efficiency. You meet new faces like Sakura Spider, watch Wade make “friends” with gods and pop idols, and learn that “repeated dismemberment” is basically a bullet point on his résumé. It’s breezy, chaotic, and exactly the flavor of unhinged you expect when VIZ brings Marvel’s loudest mouth to manga.
Vol. 2 cranks the crossover dial until it snaps off. The Samurai Squad steps up, the cameos get bigger, and names like Thanos and Loki drift through like they own the place (because, in fairness, they usually do). It’s still jokes-per-page high, but the action gets splashier and the set pieces go full “Deadpool vs. Mythology” without spoiling the gags you’re about to read.
Now, about the drama: last fall the series slammed on the brakes with an “indefinite hiatus due to various circumstances”—which is manga-industry speak for “we can’t tell you, but it’s A Thing.” Then, creators Sanshiro Kasama (the story guy) and Hikaru Uesugi (the artist) claimed they were “looking for new jobs“, for some weird reason.
Deadpool: Samurai by Sanshiro Kasama and Hikaru Uesugi has been 'indefinitely suspended due to multiple circumstances' as of Chapter 20 at Shonen Jump+ App.
The authors have mentioned 'they can't go into details' and are apparently 'looking for new jobs'. pic.twitter.com/pM7W2XVZJw
— Shonen Jump News (@WSJ_manga) October 11, 2024
And then, in one of the most on-brand stunts imaginable, Shonen Jump+ revealed the manga would return for a “2nd Season” via a fake-out rom-com pilot that Deadpool literally hijacked mid-chapter. Yes, Deadpool truck-kun’d his way into his own announcement. That’s not a joke; that’s documentation.
What’s in Vol. 3? Officially: 184 pages, Teen Plus, and the promise that Wade is “back” and finally checking in with the Samurai Squad again. Unofficially: expect the same Tokyo-grade chaos with guest stars and a dangling mystery or three—VIZ’s listing even teases, “Who killed Sakura Spider?” (No, we’re not elaborating. We value our limbs.) If you’d rather not play shipping-day roulette, the VIZ page confirms the date and lets you peek inside; if you’re a treasure hunter, your neighborhood shelves might already be hiding copies.
And about that “2nd Season” branding: the first season ended up as two physical volumes in English. If history is any indication—and given I am holding a Vol. 3 now—it strongly suggests the continuation will span at least two more volumes (i.e., a likely Vol. 4 to pair with this one). That’s an inference, not a contract, but it lines up with how the original run was packaged and how the return was announced. Keep your katanas crossed.
